Subj : pixelfed, immich
To   : Adept
From : Ogg
Date : Fri Sep 19 2025 09:44 pm

Hello Adept!

** On Friday 19.09.25 - 08:06, Adept wrote to poindexter FORTRAN:

 pF>> Time for a homelab - set up any mail-in-a-box solution and Pixelfed for
 pF>> image sharing...

 A> I'm months behind, but somehow this is the first I've heard of Pixelfed.

Me too.  First time here.


 A> Though now I'm uncertain what the use case is, at least if I can't depend
 A> on finding 20 of my closest friends to begin using it.

Me too.  Not sure I need a dedicated federated system just for  
sharing photos.  But I suppose the air-gap from traditional  
public access to attachments in email and the avoidance of  
scrutiny and skimming in the googlephotos system is an  
advantage.


 A> Though, on this note, I have been wanting to look into Immich, in an
 A> attempt to reduce my reliance on Google Photos.

 A> I don't know that I want to purge my photos from Google Photos, as it
 A> provides me with a low-quality backup that's wildly different from my
 A> other backups. But any point where I can be more in control of my content,
 A> the better.

Immich is still too new.  Hang on to Google Photos.

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